The next major Python version will be Python 8

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-04-01, alister <alister.ware at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:13:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>
>> wrote:
>>> On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous
>>>>> point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that
>>>>> it's time to elaborate a new secret plan to ensure that Python users
>>>>> suffer again with a new major release breaking all their legacy code.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "2016-03-31 23:40"
>>>> You're 20 minutes early :)
>>>
>>>
>>> No, that's a naive datetime.  You need to travel to Victor's location
>>> to figure out what that is there.
>>>
>>> I sure hope Python 8 doesn't have that problem!
>> 
>> Now's the time to get in with the ideas. My proposal is that Python 8,
>> in keeping with its new opinionated style, will require everyone to
>> follow a single timezone: Europe/Amsterdam.
>
> Not bad but it would have to be Zulu (GMT)

Nope, my vote is for TAI.  It's even more opinionated.  That whole
making the time agree with the changing rotation of the Earth thing is
just too wishy-washy.

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